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DAVID ROGERS, OF BRIDGEHAMPTON, NEW YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 509,102, dated November 21, 1893. Application filed May] 3, 1893. Serial No. 474,132. (No model.)

1 the objects in view being toprovide a fence composed of wire strands and metal posts, the

' posts being so constructed as to be readily set up in position in the ground and the wires f strung without the employment of any expensive or numerous tools for this purpose, and when said fence is set up and completed the same shall be strong and durable and capable of being readily taken down and reset when desired at some other place.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:Figure 1 is a perspective view of afence embodying my invention, the same being shown in thevcourse of construction. Fig.2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of'the upper portion of one of the posts. Fig. 3 is a detail in perspective of the upper end of the brace bar employed to support in a vertical position a clamping post during the stretching of the wire strands.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In practicing my invention I employ two characters of posts, namely, the clamping posts 1 and the supporting posts 2. Each of the posts 1 and 2 have their lower ends shaped to form driving points 3, and the posts are preferably formed of galvanized iron, but" I do not confine my invention to such formation. Near the upper ends of the posts the same are reduced, forming abrupt annular shoulders 3.

I propose to employin the construction of the fence any desired number of wire strands, the number being changed in accordance with the position and use of the fence. For instance, if the fence is simply to guard against the entrance or to retain large cattle or stock three or four wire strands will be sufficient, but where small stockis to be preventedfrom leaving an inclosure orgaining-entrance thereto, I increase the number to seven or more if so desired. The main or clamping posts 1 are provided at intervals agreeing with the distance apart which it is desired to set the wire strands with transverse openings 4, which openings are near one of their ends squared, as shown. In each of the openings 4 a wire clamp is located,and such clamp consists' of an outer clamping head portion 5, at the lower end of which is formed a square shank 6, which fits the square portion of the hole, and beyond said square shank it is reduced and threaded,forming the usual bolt end 7, which extends through and beyond the hole and at the opposite side of the post is provided with a washer 8 and a binding-nut 9. The supporting posts 2 are provided at intervals with pairs of brackets, the upper bracket 11 of each pair being of triangular shape, and the lower bracket 12 being inclined, but terminating short of the lower end of the upper bracket and each provided with outwardly extending perforated lugs 13 through which a vertical nail 14: may be removably inserted, whereby the entrance to the space between the brackets is closed.

Insetting up the posts a series of the posts 2 are located between pairs of the clamping posts 1, though, if preferred, the said posts may alternate, but this, however, is unnecessary. The posts are driven in the ground in the ordinary way, and by reason of theirsharpened lower ends, this work may be accomplished with due expedition. The wire strands 15 are passed between the lugsl3, after which the nailsl t are inserted in said lugs so as to close the openings between the brackets, after which the strands are located in the several clamps. Now by means of an ordinary wire tightener the said strands are tightened or drawn taut in the usual way, and by applying a wrench to the clamping or binding nuts 9, the said clamps are drawn against the wire strands binding them snuglyagainst the posts and preventing any'laxity. v

In the operation of tightening the'wires I employ a removable and temporary brace bar 16, the same at its lower end being adapted to rest upon the ground while its upper end which is curved and forked, as at 17, engages under the convenient shoulder or head 3 of the post adjacent to which the stretcher is located, so that the postis held in a perfectly vertical position and braced against any inclination as might be caused by the tension of the wires exerted thereon during the operation of tightening. It will be understood that the brace is moved from post to post as the wires are tightened and the fence completed.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a fence, the combination with a series of clamping posts, of a series of intermediate wire-supporting posts, the same being providedcoincident with the clamps with pairs of independent brackets, the upper bracket of each pair being triangular, and the lower bracket inclining from its post toward the triangular bracket forming a concaved wirereoeiver and terminating short of the upper bracket, outwardly extending lugs perforated and formed upon the ends of the brackets, and combining to form an entrance to the wirereceivers removable nails passed through the receiving brackets, and wires located in the brackets and clamps, substantially as specitied.

2. A fence-post having an upper annular groove and below the same provided with a series of wire clamps, the said groove being adapted to receive the upper forked end of a temporary brace, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence'of two witnesses.

DAVID ROGERS.

Witnesses: W. C. GREENE, A. LINCOLN ROGERS. 

